5. last words
I see a woman covered
in a long dress, headscarf
and face veil
salaam aleykum, I say
and as she looks at my
bare head, tank top
and tattoos
she replies,
wa aleykum salaam sister
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For me reading this felt like a Fresh Breeze in a Hot summer day like that we have in Egypt right now, It held that huge sense of "Modesty", "Confidence" and "Endurance", I Loved the Last stanza, it was indeed the Last Words, The forth stanza reminded me of Suheir Hammad's "Not your Erotic"- thought Hammad's is done for a different reason. These are the Types of poems that the one Reads every now and then and the Stick in the mind and makes you say "I read something Amazing today"
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Listen to the Full reading from Ms Khadija herself Here